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Klazomenai, Ionia, c. 387 - 300 B.C.
The ruins of Klazomenai (or Clazomenae) are in the modern town Urla near Izmir in Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the first cities to issue silver coinage. Clazomenae was attacked by the Lydian king Alyattes II in the 6th century. During the 5th century it was for some time subject to the Athenians, but about the middle of the Peloponnesian War, c. 412 B.C. it revolted. After a brief resistance, it again acknowledged the Athenian supremacy, and repelled a Lacedaemonian attack. In 387 B.C. Klazomenai and other cities in Asia were taken over by Persia, but the city continued to issue its own coins. Under the Romans, Clazomenae was included in the province of Asia, and enjoyed an immunity from taxation.GB91724. Bronze AE 10, BMC Ionia p. 23, 46; Lindgren-Kovacs 436; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; SNG Kayhan -; SNG Munchen -; SNG Tübingen -, VF, Klazomenai (Urla, Turkey) mint, weight 0.740g, maximum diameter 10.2mm, die axis 180o, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left; reverse HPAKΛEIΔHΣ (magistrate) clockwise starting lower left, swan standing left, head turned back right, wings open, control symbol below; very rare; SOLD
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